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Associated Press: Trump wins Florida, biggest battleground prize

Published Nov. 4, 2020 at 8:15 am

People attend a rally in support of the US postal service in Miami, Florida on August 25, 2020. - An international union representing millions of postal workers on August 24, 2020 accused President Donald Trump's administration of using the US postal service as a "pawn" in his election campaign.Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Trump has opposed more funding for the cash-strapped US Postal Service (USPS), acknowledging the money would be used to help process ballots.

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President Donald Trump has won Florida and its 29 electoral votes, the biggest prize among the perennial battlegrounds and a state crucial to his reelection hopes. A victory in Florida means reelection is within Trump’s grasp. A loss in the state would have made it nearly impossible for Trump to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to retain the White House.